Sash-holder.



A. w. oYNToN.

SASH HOLDER.

l ATION FILED JULY 3,1

' Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

AMOS W. BOYNTON, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

SASH-HOLDER.'

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 19717.

Application led July B, 1917. Serial No. 178,386.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, AMos W. BoYN'roN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Forth lVorth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas,have invented certain useful mprovements in Sash-Holders, of whichv thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

rlhis invention has reference generally to improvements in that class ofinventions known as builders hardware, and more particularly relates toa sash holder.

The present invention has for its principal aim and object to provide asash holder of such a construction that when applied in position betweena closed sash and the adjacent stile, the sash will be prevented frombeing raised from the outside.

More particularly, this invention resides in the provision of a sashholder of the above character wherein the component parts are novel inform and coperate with each other for holding the sash to which it isapplied in a closed position.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited theprovision of a device of the character described with a view tocompactness, and in which the number of parts are few, the constructionsimple, the cost of production low and the eiiiciency high.

Other improvements and novel details in the construction and arrangementof the various parts of the apparatus will be brought out more in detailin the description to follow, which for a clear understanding of theinvention should be considered in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof, and wherein is disclosed for thepurpose of illustration a convenient and satisfactory embodimentk of theinvention. Tt is to be noted in this connection that minor changes inthe construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departingfrom the principle of operation of the various parts.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in position on the stile andwindow sash, partly in section;

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of the invention.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all the above describedviews, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings there isillustrated a window frame indicated in its entirety by the numeral 1while slidably mounted therein is a window sash 2 removably held in aclosed position by improved sash holders indicated generally by thenumeral 3.

The sash holder in the present instance may be said to consist of asupporting arm 4 from the inner end of which depends a wedging shank 5for frictional engagement between one edge ofthe sash and the adjacentstile 6 of the window frame 1. The arm 4 and the shank 5 are preferablyformed from a single piece of metal bent to form an angle, the arm beingflattened at its outer end as indicated by the numeral 7 and providedwith an opening 8 in which is fulcrumed the inner end of a lever 9through the instrumentality of a pin 10. This lever is of a lengthslightly longer than the length of the supporting arm being provided atits eX- treme outer end with an opening 11. A

double-ended shoe 12 is nowprovided and is pivoted intermediate its endsby means of a suitable fastening device 13 in the opening 11 on theouter end of the lever and on the same side that the supporting arm isdisposed so as to be positioned directly through the arm. rlhe shoe isconstructed of a single piece of metal which is rst bent into an arcuateform as indicated by the numeral 14 and is flattened transversely uponopposite sides intermediate its ends as indicated by the numeral 15while the respective engaging ends are beveled as indicated by thenumeral 16 so as to facilitate an effective biting engagement of theseends with the stile when the lever 9 is swung toward the stilesubsequent to the mounting of the supporting arm as mentioned.

In view of the foregoing description it is thought that a further detaildescription of the operation of the invention is entirely unnecessary.Likewise it is thought that the advantages of the invention willbereadily apparent.

Having thus fully described this invention, what is claimed -as new anddesired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. A sash holder including a supporting arm, a shank depending therefromand adapted to be arranged for frictional engagernent between the edgeof the sash and the adjacent stile7 a lever pivoted to the outer end ofthe arm, and a shoe pivoted to the outer end of the lever for bitingengagement With the adjacent edge of the Windowv sash subsequent to theapplication of the sash and the swinging of the lever.

2. A sasli holder including a supporting` arm, a shank it'orinedintegral with and depending from the inner end thereof for engagementbetween the Window sash and the adjacent stile so as to dispose the armabove the upper edge of the sash, the outer end Copies of this patentmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner` ofPatents.

of the arni being flattenedy a lever pivoted to the outer end of thearm, and a double ended shoe flattened upon opposite sides intermediateits end and pivoted intermediate its end to the outer end of the leveron the saine side as the arm so as to be disposed above tlie arni andarranged in biting engage-nient with the adjacent face of tlie stilesubsequent to the swinging of tlie lever to- Ward the stile.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

AMOS lV. BOYNTON.

Washingteinl). C.

